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When: 20-21 May, 2025 | Where: St. Regis, Riyadh
Fortune Most Powerful Women is an invitation-only community of top leaders from a wide range of industries and governments around the world. This 20–21 May, Fortune Most Powerful Women International will convene in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the community’s first-ever gathering in the Middle East.
This invitation-only conference will bring together more than 125 of the world’s most influential female business leaders to discuss our theme, A New Era for Business: Partnering for Global Prosperity. Together participants will examine key forces shaping the worldwide business landscape and, specifically, how the public and private sectors can partner to supercharge innovation and growth. Other topics we’ll discuss include assessing global leadership in crisis, navigating economic shifts and their business impacts, deploying emerging technologies at scale, and exploring new opportunities across investing and health care, as well as how the businesses of sports, entertainment, and design are evolving.
We’ll also learn how women are redefining the norms of corporate and societal leadership, and we’ll dive into the challenges and opportunities of driving real change across workplaces and communities. Fortune’s signature peer-to-peer discussions, high-level networking, and news-making conversations will ensure that attendees gather unique insights and actionable business solutions.
We’ll do all of this in a country invested in growth, innovation, and promoting the progression of women in both business and society, as evidenced by Saudi Arabia’s progressive Vision 2030. Affirming the initiative’s goals, women’s participation in the workforce has doubled over the past six years and 45% of small and midsize businesses in Saudi Arabia are now owned by women. Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Riyadh will provide global leaders access to this burgeoning market, creating partnership opportunities and extending the global community.
Join us for two days of conversation and connection with a peer group like no other, as we explore today’s most pressing business issues and how women are redefining global leadership.
Jasmine Di is currently the Head of Purpose and Sustainability Veolia Mainland China. Shehas been engaged in sustainability-related work for nearly 10 years to promote theimplementation of the company's sustainable development strategy. She has different projectmanagement experience in corporate social responsibility, human rights compliance, supplychain sustainable procurement, environment and chemicals management, biodiversityprotection, carbon footprint and water footprint assessment and so on.
Ms. Chrissie Shangguan currently serves as the Vice President, Linde Greater China, overseeing procurement business, initiatives of carbon emission reduction, and sustainable development-related affairs in Linde’s Greater China.
Ms. Chrissie Shangguan joined Linde in 2003 and has held various senior management positions in Linde China, including Director of Productivity and Efficiency, Director of Project Management.
In March 2019, following the merger of the legacy Linde Group and legacy Praxair, Inc. to form Linde plc, Ms. Chrissie Shangguan was appointed as Director of Project Management in LindeGreater China. During this period, she oversaw the comprehensive integration of Linde's operations in the Greater China region, including business, processes, and systems.
In 2021, Ms. Chrissie Shangguan assumed the leadership role in charge of the carbon reduction and sustainable development in Linde Greater China. She has been actively promoting Linde's sustainable development strategy in the Chinese market, advancing green and low-carbon operations across Linde’s plants and facilities. She is committed to establishing and enhancing Linde's ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management system in China, jointly with customers and partners to advocate the coordinated development among enterprises, society, and the environment. Her efforts have laid a solid foundation for Linde to achieve its global goals of “reducing absolute carbon emissions by 35% by 2035” and “achieving carbon neutrality by
2050”.
Ms. Shirley Wu has previously worked for Fortune 500 multinational corporations in the manufacturing and finance industries, as well as Chinese and American listed companies, responsible for global credit management, risk management, compliance, and other related corporate governance management. Currently she serves as the corporate supervisor and head of global risk control and ESG management of Trina Solar Co., Ltd., mainly responsible for promoting the company's ESG strategic planning and management system establishment, committed to the effective operation of the company's risk management and compliance management to support the stable and sustainable development of global business, as well as promoting performance management and improvement in ESG related areas including zero-carbon system establishment, green supply chain, business ethics, etc. As a representative of China Expert Panel, she participated in the development of national standards, national and industry ESG disclosure standards, compliance and organizational governance standards.
Park Jee Seon leads L'Oréal's sustainability efforts in China and North Asia. Based in Shanghai, she is responsible for implementing L'Oréal's "For the Future" commitments in the region, focusing on green innovation and promoting sustainable consumption practices together with Consumers and Eco-system partners.
Prior to her sustainability focus, Jee headed M&A and investments for L'Oréal in Asia. She spearheaded acquisitions of Asian beauty brands and investments in C-beauty companies and technologies. Jee’s career also includes over two decades of experience in marketing and advertising with agencies across Asian markets.
Wei Qiong, a master of business administration from Arizona State University (ASU), worked at State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Company, participated in the preparation of major industry reports such as the "13th Five-Year Plan" power planning and Shanghai government information, and was responsible for more than 16 major projects such as power scientific research, infrastructure, and technical transformation, and planned and operated more than 10 regional landmark key new energy projects. In 2018, MS Energy was founded, focusing on the new power system track, leading the company to rapidly grow into an industry-leading distributed green energy aggregation service provider, completing 6 rounds of financing within three years, of which the latest D round of financing was led by the National Green Development Fund. At present, the company has firmly established its leading position in the user-side energy market segment, and has won the title of a national-level "Little Giant" enterprise with special expertise and new technologies and the "Shanghai Brand" certification.
In recent years, Wei Qiong has won numerous awards for his outstanding business achievements and social influence. She was selected as one of the "Forbes China's 100 Outstanding Women in Business" for two consecutive years in 2023 and 2024, and won the China Energy Storage Industry Meritorious Person Award; she was named the 2022 China Energy Storage Industry Person of the Year, the 2022 Energy Storage Leader Alliance Industry Leader, and one of the Top Ten Outstanding Women in China's Economy at the 2021 China Economic Summit; she was invited to serve as the Vice Chairman of the Energy Storage Application Branch of the China Chemical and Physical Power Sources Industry Association and an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Mentor in Songjiang District, Shanghai.
Doreen Wang is a globally recognized expert in branding research and consulting. As Global Chair of Kantar BrandZ, Doreen led an international team of 1000 colleagues, successfully built and launched Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Brands in over 20 countries. Kantar BrandZ is now the world’s largest and most authoritative brand valuation platform and the north star of branding investment in the financial market. Doreen is now leading Kantar Greater China business of 900 researchers and consultants to shape brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. For the past 20 years, Doreen provides outstanding branding research and strategic consultancy services to top global companies and fast-rising Chinese companies, including Intel, Google, Haier, Alibaba, Huawei, ABInbev, MasterCard, and Microsoft etc. Doreen traveled to 23 countries every year as plenary speaker on prestigious forums including the UK House of Commons, Bloomberg News, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, Wall Street Journal, Columbia Business School, Yale, and Cambridge etc. Doreen’s book “Branding in Digital Era” published in 2020 was recognized by JD.com as one of the top selling branding books in China. Doreen was named by Campaign as ’20 Women to Watch in Greater China” in 2021 to appreciate her significant contribution in the marketing and communications industry. In 2023, she was named to Fortune China’s Most Powerful Women 2023 Future Star. In addition, she was invited to write a testimonial for a new book by Sally Helgesen, a globally renowned expert on female leadership and bestselling author of The New York Times.
He Yandan (Yuki) serves as the founder, chairman, and CEO of Beijing LeWo WuXian Technology Co., Ltd. She is a first-generation product manager in China and has experience with several successful products both domestically and internationally, including QQ, QQ Pets, Kingsoft Antivirus, and CleanMaster. For the past decade, she has focused on the overseas internet market, founding LeWo WuXian and launching multiple mobile applications globally, with over a hundred million installations and active users.
Beijing LeWo WuXian Technology Co., Ltd. is dedicated to providing interesting, loving, and top-notch internet products and services to users worldwide, connecting global users and expanding into overseas live streaming and social entertainment markets. The core product, Live.me, is a leading live streaming platform overseas, particularly dominant in North America. The company has raised over hundreds of millions of dollars, with shareholders including Matrix Partners, ByteDance, and IDG.
Adelaide joined McDonald’s China in March 2022, where she established the Impact Team to strategically enhance McDonald’s brand impact in China through strategic partnerships,proactive stakeholder engagement, forward-looking risk management, and comprehensive Brand Trust imperatives. Her leadership is central to align resources and efforts in promoting McDonald’s mission to "feed and foster local communities."
Prior to her tenure with McDonald’s China, Adelaide served as the Greater China Vice President for Mead Johnson Nutrition and Reckitt Benckiser Group and held a position on the Board of Directors for Mead Johnson Nutrition China. She previously held the role of General Manager at British American Tobacco China and was a board member of a joint venture between China Tobacco and British American Tobacco, which aimed to expand into global markets. Her career commenced in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, where she served in various diplomatic postings overseas.
Adelaide holds an EMBA from the joint program conducted by the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, recognized globally as the top-ranked EMBA program.
With a wealth of cross-disciplinary knowledge and resources, as well as strong exploratory spirit and innovative mindset, she was once one of the fastest-growing professional managers in the young commercial management team of a central state-owned enterprises, and also a big winner of commercial real estate promotion awards. As an innovative brand and content operator for Mahua FunAge, she has achieved the commercial operation and performance improvement of the incubation brand, and has always been exploring and innovating with cross-disciplinary thinking and product innovation, in an effort to break through industry boundaries and deepen content innovation.
Shan Cao joined Medtronic as Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Communications in July 2021. In her current role, Shan leads the management and development of government affairs, market access, public relations, and corporate communications strategy, strengthen collaboration with external stakeholders. Shan is also responsible for leading clinical education and training to support the continued growth of the business in Greater China.
Shan has over two decades’ cross-industry experience in government affairs, corporate communications, and strategic transformation. Prior to Medtronic, she was Vice President of Government Affairs and Corporate Communications in Varian Medical Systems Greater China.
Before joining Varian, Shan served in multiple management positions in The Cohen Group, helping clients from multinational companies develop GA strategy to support their strategic transformation and rapid growth in China and other international markets. Shan started her career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, and she has also worked for the United Nations Millennium Project and Yahoo China.
Shan holds a bachelor’s degree in International Finance from Renmin University of China and a Master of Public Administration/International Development from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Ms. Lily Guan serves as President of Cargill China and General Counsel of Cargill North Asia.
Lily joined Cargill China in 2016 as Country Lead Lawyer, leading the country legal team and providing legal advice to support Cargill’s growth in China. Since 2021, she was promoted as General Counsel of Cargill North Asia. Since 2022, she was appointed as President of Cargill China.
Before joining Cargill, Lily had held senior legal positions including General Counsel for China in several MNCs, covering food, beauty, technology, retail and other industries.
Lily holds a LLB from Shanghai’s East China University of Political Science and Law.
Lily loves traveling and food. She currently lives in Shanghai.
梅松,现任北京京企中轴线保护公益基金会副理事长兼秘书长,该基金会是专注于北京中轴线文化遗产保护与传承的公益慈善基金会,接受社会各界捐赠,资助北京中轴线文化遗产价值阐释、文物活化利用、保护管理能力建设和国际交流合作等公益项目,梅松在北京中轴线申遗成功的过程中发挥了重要作用,见证了“北京中轴线——中国理想都城秩序的杰作”列入《世界遗产名录》的历史性时刻,他强调申遗成功是北京文化遗产保护的全新起点,要继续为保护中华民族文化瑰宝作出贡献。
曾担任北京市委宣传部副巡视员、北京市文化创意产业促进中心主任、北京市社会科学院副院长、研究员等职务。拥有经济学博士学位,主要研究领域是发展经济学和产业经济学,同时也是《北京经济蓝皮书》的主编。曾作为访问学者在美国马里兰大学学习高级经济管理,以及在哈佛大学肯尼迪政府学院学习高级公共管理。在北京师范大学和华中科技大学担任兼职教授,同时也是新华网文化产业专家委员会的委员。梅松在推动北京市文化创意产业发展方面做出了显著贡献,包括参与制定相关政策和规划,以及促进文化创意产业集聚区的建设。
作为文化遗产保护和文化创意产业领域具有重要影响的专家,在文化遗产保护和文化产业发展方面有着丰富的经验和深刻的见解,尤其在北京和巴黎两座古都的文化交流中扮演了重要角色。他的工作对于推动北京乃至中国的文化遗产保护和国际交流合作具有重要意义。
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Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
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Be at the forefront of global business transformation. Shape the future of your organization by connecting with industry leaders and driving the agenda for progress.
Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
Participate in face-to-face discussions with elite peers. Exchange fresh ideas and innovative approaches that will help you lead your industry into the future.
Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
Participate in face-to-face discussions with elite peers. Exchange fresh ideas and innovative approaches that will help you lead your industry into the future.
Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
Participate in face-to-face discussions with elite peers. Exchange fresh ideas and innovative approaches that will help you lead your industry into the future.
Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
Participate in face-to-face discussions with elite peers. Exchange fresh ideas and innovative approaches that will help you lead your industry into the future.
Be at the forefront of global business transformation. Shape the future of your organization by connecting with industry leaders and driving the agenda for progress.
Elevate your profile among a prestigious group of global business thought leaders. Forge personal connections, build strategic partnerships, and make meaningful deals with top executives from around the world.
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Mahum Shaikhagef@fortune.com
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